Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Shamil lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has done her best to style her white crest to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Biri hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her tied-back hair is brown. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her hair is brown and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a ceremonial dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He wears a colorful flower in his purple hair. His half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and usually wears her white robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length brown hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Fistula is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Fistula abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and carries bastard swords. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Vapula was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vapula and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Doctor again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1200 gp.